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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Lea been gone on her trip?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year.

2. What instructions does Cheri overhear Ernest giving to a porter?
(a) Wait until he can get help with the bags.
(b) Bring Lea's bags to the house tomorrow.
(c) Wait until he can return with a tip.
(d) Come back tomorrow to pick up Lea's bags.

3. How old is Cheri at the beginning of the story?
(a) 29.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

4. Lea informs Madame Peloux of her departure but reveals ________________.
(a) No destination.
(b) No return date.
(c) No traveling companion.
(d) No departure date.

5. What is the topic of conversation between Cheri and his mother at breakfast?
(a) Lea's trip away from Paris.
(b) Lea's new house.
(c) The honeymoon trip.
(d) Edmmee's new wardrobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe Cheri?

2. Lea reminds Cheri that he needs to dress to have lunch with whom?

3. How can Cheri's attentions toward Lea be characterized?

4. Who is the girl that Cheri's mother hopes he will marry?

5. Lea has never had a man so beautiful or so _________________ as Cheri.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the encounter Cheri has with Ernest at Lea's house.

2. Who is the Pal and how does Cheri meet her?

3. How does Cheri learn that Lea is home from her trip?

4. How do Lea and Cheri differ in terms of their purpose and ways to find fulfillment in their lives?

5. What is the significance of pearls to Cheri?

6. What could be another reason that Lea is so repulsed by Lili and her young companion?

7. How does Edmee temper her feelings during the time she and Cheri live at Madame Peloux's?

8. How does the relationship between Lea and Cheri begin?

9. What is the setting for CHERI?

10. Have Lea's feelings for Cheri abated during her time away?

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